In addition to diversifying the pups’ diets, the act of taking apart a carcass is especially beneficial to the wild dogs, since they’re extremely social animals accustomed to hunting and feeding packs. At least momentarily, carcass day partially recreates their feeding habits as they may be in their native sub-Saharan Africa.

Watch the video above for a look in on the dogs’ full goat feast. And with that, we conclude the latest episode of African wild dogs, live from Cincinnati.